Experimental Techniques

All our inserts for transport measurements are ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) controlled, and suitable for nano-objects.

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  DC/AC transport measurement

• Magnetic field range (pulse): 0 – 60T
• Temperature range: 1,5 – 350 K
• Rotation of sample: 0 – 90 °
• Number of contacts: 8 (10 without rotation)
• Maximum sample size: ~ 4 x 4 mm

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  DC/AC transport measurement

• Magnetic field range (pulse): 0 – 70T
• Temperature range: 1,5 – 350 K
• Rotation of sample: None
• Number of contacts: 8

Maximum sample size: ~ 2 x 2 mm

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  DC/AC transport measurement

• Magnetic field range (pulse): 0 – 60T
• Temperature range: 350mK – 300 K
• Rotation of sample: None
• Number of contacts: 8
• Maximum sample size: ~ 4 x 4 mm

Optical fiber of large range irradiation

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  RF reflectometry (under development)

• Resonator frequency: 100MHz – 1GHz
• Magnetic field range (pulse): 0 – 60T
• Temperature range: 1,5K – 300 K
• Rotation of sample: None

Maximum sample size: ~ 4 x 4 mm

On site equipment:

Wedge bonding (Al/Au 17μm)

Optical microscope (x5 to x100) + CCD camera

Binocular

Test-head probe station

Oven for cleaning/annealing under controlled atmosphere (up to 1200 °C)

AFM (tapping topography mode)

Vector signal source and analyzer (1MHz – 3 GHz, bandwidth 40MHz)

Clean room processes, in collaboration with AIME and LPCNO: soft plasma cleaner, wafer dicing, metallic thin film deposition, e-beam lithography, chemical cleaning etc…